Going into 2015, Ryan Goins had only played about 100 games for the Blue Jays. But most people had already formed an opinion of his value: very good fielding with flashes of brilliance, and an absolutely terrible bat. Terrible as in “of the 403 mlb players with 300+ PAs in 2013-2014, Goins’ wRC+ of 41 is 401st”. But his UZR/150 of 17.3 over that same period (38th best in baseball for 300+ PA players) and his ability to play both second and shortstop made him a valuable, if limited, bench player.
For the first half of 2015, the Jays got pretty much what they were expecting.